The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-02-12

GROWERS BACKBONE.
10 vetoes the Dependent
III Parents Pension Bill,
,xn GIVES HIS REASONS WHY.
President who Doe, AS de
a pIsases, and Asks No Fav9rS
or Applause.
AND GIVES HIS REASONS WHY
AT WASHINGTON.
,,.to-s Of Importance Occurring a.
the National Capital

wAsHryeroS, February I.-kepre-
.o.+atiya Waiver states that he has to-
Sooa;vaI word from the President
10y no had directed Secretary Man
. .iao to obey the law concerning one
Id Ia two dollar United States notes, and
60 ;-.no the same; that the order was
ogl -o and given to Manning orally,
~ you'd be reduced to writing and
S SaI;vered to the Secretary to-day
W. Weaver also states that, some days ago.
y, his request, consultation concern
a. ms 3bis matter was held, at which
t 49, 10 Carlisle. Morrison, Weaver,
9 2Ror Mills and wilkins were pres
M NJ, Pavson (IllinOis), and Brumm
99p6oo,nnsvIvania). were also consulted oV
Xr go az we're also several other
WeatSl of Congress. The opinion
sasmed 70 be unanimous that
THE LAW HAD BEEN VIOLATED,
and Carlisle was requested to bring the
mottar 70 the attention of the Presi-
dent One of these gentlemen is author
;tv for the statement that when the
Presidents attention was called to the
matter. he promptly declared that the
Treasury Department was wrong, and
hence his order as above stated.
Attbe White House, no Information
in regard to the foregoing is obtainable
except that the President has
WRITTEN NO SUCH LETTER
TO the Secretary" Beyond this state
ment. the President remarked that he
did not care to say anything on the
subject. E
Treasurer Jordan said that no in
struetion to change the present practice
in regard to the redemption and tssu-
ance Of United States notes had yet
reached his offics.
Secretary Manning said to an Asso-
ciated Press reporter, this evening, that
nothing had been said OF sent to him by
the President on the aforementioned
subject.
The followingis the text of the
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE
Vetoing the dependent parents pension
bill:
To the House of Representatives.:
I herewith return without my ap-
proval, House bill, No. 10 457. entitled,
An Act for the relief of dependent
parents and honorably discharged
soldiers and sailors, who are now dis
abled and dependent UPON their own
labor for support" This is the first
general bill that has been sanctioned
by Congress, since the close of the late
civil war, permitting pensions to
IN that war upon the ground
Of service, and the present dis
ability alone, and in the entire ab-
sence Of any injuries received by cas-
ullues or incidents of such service,
While by almost constant legislation
since the close of this war. there has
Oeen compensation awarded for every
possible injury received as the result of
military service in the Union army. and
while great number of the laws passed
i0r thatpurpOse have been administered
WITH GREAT LIBERALITY,
and have been supplemented by numer.
GUS private acts ts reach special cases
there has not, until now, been an
avowed departure from the principle
thus far adhered to respecting Union
soldiers; that the bounty OF the gov
eminent, in the way of a pension. is
generously bestowed. when granted. to
those who, in this military service and
Hl1l1r1rU in
OF less extent been disabled. But it is
ullsIdAe 10 suppose that the service of
pensions, such as are permitted bv the
seCond section OF the bill under CON
Tueratlon are new to our legislation.
IN 1913, thlrty-tiye years after The close
OF the revolutionary war, there were
granted to soldiers engaged in that
struggle, conditional upon service until
me END OF the war, or for a term of
notices. than nine months. and recurring
every beneficiary under that act to he
one who IS or after, by reason of his
reduced clroumSt noes in life. shall he
III need OF assistance from his untrv
LOT support. Another law of like cnar.
seter was passed in 1923, recurring ser
VICE TO the close
OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR"
and still another, passed in 832 pro-
WOES Tor those persons not included in
tae provisions of the statute but who
served TWO years at some time durin0
=, Tue war war and giving a proportionate sum
" nose VINO had served NOT less than
SIX months. i0'' ~ Il
service pension laws was passed for
yne oen EN- Of the soldiers of ISL in the
year lo7l-56 years after the close Of
S aat war. which required onlv sixty
TI ray service s5 and another was passed in
o %ls-S3 years after the 'warTreouirin ~
OI ny fourteen days service, i - ,
sane Inc service pension bill passed at This
Syysslon OF Congress- 81 wears I after o. t t6
f6I t OF the Mexican wan. for the be NE
c ii OF soldiers Of thai wS-. re reo pfny
Tsnsr some degree of dsab,,irT S6r d..
ggTnaaaenicy, or that the cls ain op
ofuer its provisions should be $50 ps (
Sbos age and in either case II thar e1 h.
'D'uld have served sky, DAYS, or or4 beef
~, Actually ENGAGED IN battle.
Ss WI L, be seen that the bill of 1918 apd
mexican pension bill. being thu,